Evolution

Were There Two-Headed Dinosaurs?

There is no confirmed evidence of two-headed dinosaurs in the fossil record. While polycephaly —a rare congenital condition…

Chicken Evolution: Are Chickens Dinosaurs

Yes , this is absolutely true! Overwhelming scientific evidence, including fossils and anatomical similarities, confirms tha…

Strange Blob-like Creature Could Be the Earth's First Moving Lifeform

These 2.1 Billion-Year-Old Slimy Things Could Be Earth's Earliest Moving Organisms Until now, the first evidence for mov…

Ancient Whale Found in Peru Desert, The Heaviest Animal Ever

A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru desert might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. It'…

Paleontologists Discover Elephant Graveyard in North Florida

About five and a half million years ago, several gomphotheres — extinct relatives of elephants — died in or near a river in …

52-Million-Year-Old Bat Skeletons Are the Oldest Ever

Two 52 million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed in Wyoming are the oldest bat fossils ever found — a…

RNA Compound and Vitamin B3 Found in Samples From Near-Earth Asteroid

Scientists have found uracil, one of the key building blocks for RNA, on the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu For the…

70-Year-Old Mystery Over Bizarre 'Tully Monster' May Finally Have Been Solved

Unravelling the mystery of the 'Tully monster': Bizarre 300-million-year-old creature with eyes on stalks and terrif…

Oxygen on Early Earth May Have Come From Quartz Crushed by Earthquakes

Billions of years ago, crushed quartz reacting with water could have created the conditions needed for the evolution of the …

Oldest Fossils of Mysterious Animal Group Are Actually Seaweeds

Oldest Fossils of Mysterious Animal Group Are Really Seaweeds.  (Photo: Zhang Xiguang/Yunnan University/PA) A new study has …